Pictures: Week through the lens 9th March

Friday 9 Mar 2012 4:42 pm

Pictures: Week through the lens 9th March

This ‘yoga’ bear puffed with enjoyment as he hurtled down a snowy slope on his backsides.

The Sun’s magnetic field and releases of plasma directly affect Earth and the rest of the solar system. Solar wind shapes the Earth’s magnetosphere and magnetic storms are illustrated here as approaching Earth. These storms, which occur frequently, can disrupt communications and navigational equipment, damage satellites, and even cause blackouts. The white lines represent the solar wind; the purple line is the bow shock line; and the blue lines surrounding the Earth represent its protective magnetosphere. The magnetic cloud of plasma can extend to 30 million miles wide by the time it reaches earth.

Queen Elizabeth II and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (R) arrive at St Pancras station, before boarding a train to visit the city of Leicester, on March 8, 2012 in London, England. The royal visit to Leicester marks the first date of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK between March 8 and July 25, 2012.

Marco Loughran of Guildford City competes in heat 6 of the Men’s 200m Backstroke during day five of the British Gas Swimming Championships at The London Aquatics Centre on March 7, 2012 in London, England.

Police carry one of about 40 Occupy the Capitol protesters arrested inside the state Capitol in Sacramento, California.

Prince Harry poses with Usain Bolt at the Usain Bolt

Russia’s current Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin wipes tears as he addresses supporters during a rally in Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin in central Moscow March 4, 2012.

Bristol Zoo of meerkat triplets that have been born at Bristol Zoo Gardens.

French journalist Edith Bouvier is surrounded by friends and medical workers as she is carried on a stretcher after her arrival on a government plane at Villacoublay military airport near Paris.

The full moon is obscured by clouds as it rises between Canary Wharf (left) and the Shard Building (right) in London.

Samantha Mathis looks at SeaWorld penguins Pete and Penny during the after party for the “Frozen Planet” premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on March 8, 2012 in New York City.

Tourists and Indians celebrate Holi by splashing water and colours in Kolkata on March 8, 2012. ‘Holi’, the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India and Nepal at the end of winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month.

Children and adults scavenge for recyclables and other usable items at the Trutier dump on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, on March 7, 2012 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following the devastating earthquake two years ago that killed and estimated 316,000 people, the number of scavengers at the landfill has grown from about 200 to an estimated 2,000. Much of Haiti is still in a crisis situation with tens of thousands living in tent camps in and around Port-au-Prince. A growing concern to international donors is a flare-up between ex-members of Haiti’s armed forces and the current Haitian President Michel Martelly.

Links of London (L-R) Jonathan ‘JB’ Gill, Marvin Humes, Oritse Williams and Aston Merrygold of the band JLS pose for pictures wearing their Links of London Team GB Bands on March 8, 2012 in London, England. The Links of London Team GB band is on sale from http://www.linksoflondon.com

Student Madeline Evans walks past a destroyed school bus after a tornado devastated the town of Henryville, Indiana.

Sarah Jessica Parker arrives at the Louis Vuitton Ready-To-Wear Fall/Winter 2012 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 7, 2012 in Paris, France.

A gaucho is thrown off an untamed horse during the Patria Gaucha Festival in Tacuarembo, 400 km (249 miles) north of Montevideo.

Morning commuters are silhouetted as they walk through the main concourse of the Grand Central Terminal, also known as Grand Central Station, in New York.